Basketball: Steps To Sucess

Description: Now in it's 3rd edition with over 130,000 sold, learn to play and coach basketball with the experts! Learning and teaching basketball skills and tactics can be challenging. Executing them in competition can be troubling. Mastering them can be a career-long quest. Is it possible that a single book can provide all the instruction you need to conquer these basketball roadblocks? First you must know exactly how the skill or tactic is properly performed. Then you need to attempt it again and again, with corrective advice through those trials until you get it right. Next comes practice. Lots of practice, with drills designed to make performance of the skill or tactic efficient and effective. In "Basketball: Steps to Success", Coach Hal Wissel covers the entire progression of technical and tactical development needed to become a complete player.



Contents: Chapter 1. Footwork; Chapter 2. Passing and Catching; Chapter 3. Dribbling; Chapter 4. Shooting; Chapter 5. Shooting off the Catch; Chapter 6. Creating Your Shot off the Dribble; Chapter 7. Scoring in the Post; Chapter 8. Rebounding; Chapter 9. Fast Break; Chapter 10. Two- and Three-Man Plays; Chapter 11. Team Offense; Chapter 12. Team Defense.



Author Biography: Hal Wissel's career in basketball is now in its sixth decade. Hal has a wealth of experience in the USA's National Basketball Association, including roles as coach, scout, director of player personnel, and special consultant. He is currently a consultant with the New York Knicks.